Deputies: Man Called 911 over 1,200 times since January

Deputies said the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office 911 dispatchers have received more than 1,200 calls from an unregistered cell phone.

That averages to about 27 calls a day.

Despite not having a working phone number or being associated with a cellular phone company, the phone was still able to connect with 911, as required by law, according to a news release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

At times the caller rambled on and other times he wouldn't speak at all. Authorities had a general idea where the caller was located in Tampa with the help of GPS, but were unable to locate the caller, deputies said.

So undercover deputies conducted surveillance in this area to find the mystery 911 caller.

They got lucky on Wednesday.

Deputies found arrested Jason Michael Honaker, 38, and recovered the cell phone used to make the calls. Honaker also reportedly 'fessed up to making many of the calls, the release stated.